Pack packages into a text file

pack(..., output, quiet = FALSE)

Arguments

...: One or more file collection objects generated by collate().
output: Path to the output text file. If empty, will create a txt file using the lower-cased package name in the current working directory. For multiple packages, will use "pkglite.txt".
quiet: Suppress printing of progress?

Value

The output file path.

Specification

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Examples

# pack two packages
pkg1 <- system.file("examples/pkg1", package = "pkglite")
pkg2 <- system.file("examples/pkg2", package = "pkglite")

fc1 <- pkg1 %>% collate(file_default())
fc2 <- pkg2 %>% collate(file_default())

txt <- tempfile(fileext = ".txt")
pack(fc1, fc2, output = txt, quiet = TRUE)

txt %>%
  readLines() %>%
  head() %>%
  cat(sep = "\n")
#> # Generated by pkglite: do not edit by hand
#> # Use pkglite::unpack() to restore the packages
#> 
#> Package: pkg1
#> File: DESCRIPTION
#> Format: text
txt %>%
  readLines() %>%
  length()
#> [1] 2159